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A. E. MULLER.

BUTTON FASTENER.

No. 350,074. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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AUGUST EDUARD MULLER, OF ELBERFELD, PRUSSIA, GERMANY.

BUTTON-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,074, dated September 28,1886.

Application filed May S, 1886. Serial No.201,589. (No model.) Patented in Belgium January 30. 1886, No. 52,942, and in France February 2, 1886, No. 161.285.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, AUeUsT EDUARD Mun LER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Elberfeld, in the Province of Cleves, Kingdom of Prussia,Germ-any, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Buttons and Fastenings, (for which Ihave obtained a patent in Franee,No. 161,285,February2, 1886; in Belgium, No. 52.942, January 50, 1886, and filed an application in Germany, still pending,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a fastener for buttons that dispenses with the use of thread for securing same to the fabric or material to which the buttons are to be attaehed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure I is a side View of my improved fastener with but ton attached thereto. Fig. II is a plan view of the plate; Fig. III, a sectional view on line X X, Fig. II. Fig. IV is another plan view. Fig. V shows another plan view.

A is the button, made of any ordinary material and shape. Attached to the under side of this button is fastened the eye B. This eye may form a part of the button or be made with a separate plate, which is afterward secured to the said button. In order that the said eye may be more securely affixed to the button or plate and prevent its becoming disconnected, I prefer to make the said eye (as shown in Fig. I) with a long oval hole, a, at its lower end, a. The wire of which the eye is made is twisted one or more times round it. (See Fig. I.)

O is the fasteningplate, as shown in Fig. II. The plate is of oval shape, and the edge is flanged or pressed down in order to stiffen the same.

d d are oval eyes or holes punched in the plate, somewhat out of the main diametrieal line of the oval part of said plate. These holes (1 cl stand in an inclined position to each other.

E is a tongue formed out of the plate itself. This tongue starts from the points 6 f and extends to the point at g, forming thereby a wedge shape, as shown. answer the following conditions: Its broadest line, 6 f, must be a little shorter than the long opening of the oval eye a of the button, so that the latter can he slipped onto the plate, as shown in Fig. III; but the broadest line, 6 f, of the tongue mustalso be longer than the short opening ofthe oval eye a; also,the shortest width of the plate between the eyes or holes (I d must be just a little narrower than the short opening of the eye a. The button is placed over the tongue, as shown in Fig. IV. The widest part, ef, is passed through the long opening of the eye a. After the button has passed efit is turned, as shown in Figs. III and V, and the tongue-piece pressed down. \Vhen the button is turned, which the openings (Z (1 permit, the narrower part, ij, of the tongue fits the narrow part of the eye a. When the tongue is pressed down,it describes a curve line by reason of the eye. (See Fig. III.) By this arrangement the button is cheaply and securely held to the fabric or leather. All that is needed in the same is to insert the eye a.

The plate can be made of any material.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. In a button fastener, the oval flanged fastening-plate C, with oval holes (I d, so shaped or inclined as to form the shoulders e f, and tongue E, constructed as shown, and formed out of said plate, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a buttonfastener, the eye B, with large oval hole a, attached to the button A, the oval flanged fastening-plate O, with oval holes (I d, and the tongue E, formed out of the said plate 0, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.'

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto setmy hand this 17th day of February, 1886.

AUGUST EDUARD MULLER.

Witnesses:

VVILHELM KEMSOHER, H. F. ll/IEIER.

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